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Obamacare bills not included in spending package

By Robert King
Published March 22, 2018 12:57am ET
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Obamacare bills not included in spending package
The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A massive $1.3 trillion spending deal does not include legislation intended to stabilize Obamacare’s marketplaces after the bipartisan legislation fell to infighting over abortion restrictions.

The omnibus text released late Wednesday does not include legislation to give states $30 billion over three years to set up a reinsurance program nor fund Obamacare insurer payments for three years.

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